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Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA)
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Questions150 questions: 130 scored items and 20 unscored pretest items
Testing time3 hours 30 minutes
ScoringPassing score of 300 (scaled score)
Exam feeUSD 229 AHIMA member / USD 299 non-member; retake fee is the same as the initial exam fee
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Exam overview
What to know before choosing your prep
- Who runs it
- AHIMA
- Category
- Health Information & Coding
- Current version
- RHIA Exam Content Outline, effective 10/01/2023 (current blueprint)
- Where it applies
- United States — national
- Exam languages
- English
- Score scale
- 100–400 (all AHIMA exams report on this scale with 300 passing)
- Testing provider
- Pearson VUE
- Format
- Computer-based, in person at a Pearson VUE test center (not offered remotely); candidates may move back and forth between items and flag for review
- Availability
- Year-round by appointment; scheduling must occur within 120 days of eligibility
- Results
- Results received immediately upon completion, with a score report breaking down performance by domain
- Remote testing
- Not available
Exam structure
150 multiple-choice items (130 scored, 20 pretest) across five domains: Data and Information Governance (17–20%); Compliance with Access, Use, and Disclosure of Health Information (15–18%); Data Analytics and Informatics (23–26%); Revenue Cycle Management (20–23%); Management and Leadership (23–26%)
Where rules vary
U.S. national health information certification exam; graduates of approved foreign HIM programs (CHIMA Canada, KMRA Korea, HIMAA Australia) may also sit under reciprocity
Eligibility
Graduation from a CAHIIM-accredited baccalaureate or master's-level HIM program or CAHIIM-approved post-baccalaureate HIM certificate (foreign HIM graduates eligible under reciprocity with CHIMA/KMRA/HIMAA); health informatics degrees not accepted
Retake policy
New application plus full exam fee required; RHIA candidates must wait 30 days before the retake application is approved (waiting periods cannot be waived)